Load Growth & Reliability Planning with Dr. Melinda Montgomery

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of load growth on grid reliability planning and operations with insights from Dr. Melinda Montgomery.

Load growth is changing grid reliability planning and operations. From EVs and data centers to crypto and electrification, demand is rising faster than the infrastructure needed to support it. In this episode, Host Joe Tromba talks with SERC’s Melinda Montgomery about the drivers, the risks, and why reliability planning is now so critical. SERC Regional Risk Report: https://tinyurl.com/aaz58srb SERC Reliability Corporation’s new risk-focused website, serc.org, is nearly ready to launch. With ...

People in this episode

Host: Joe Tromba

Guest: Dr. Melinda Montgomery

Topics covered

• grid reliability
• load growth
• electric vehicles
• data centers
• cryptocurrency
• infrastructure
• reliability planning

Keywords

• load growth
• grid reliability
• electric vehicles
• data centers
• cryptocurrency
• infrastructure
• reliability planning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SERC Reliability Corporation, SERC, SERC Regional Risk Report

Places: serc.org

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